Biography
I was born in Madras (now Chennai) India in 1966 and moved to the UK with my parents in 1967. I grew up in a rural area just outside Runcorn in Cheshire and was educated at Daresbury (primary) and Appleton Hall High School (secondary). I am married to Veena Krishnan, a general practitioner, and we have two children, Sachin (born 2002) and Sashi (born 2004). I did my undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge (1985-88) and then carried out a PhD under the supervision of Professor Chris Abell (1988-1991). I travelled to the USA as a SERC/NATO Research Fellow and worked in the group of Professor Stephen J Benkovic at Pensylvannia State University (1991-1993). I started my independent academic career in 1994 in the University of Cambridge and have remained there ever since. I currently hold a joint appointment between the Clinical School and Department of Chemistry. I direct research laboratories in the Department of Chemistry and the CRUK Cambridge Institute at the Addenbrookes Biomedical Campus.
Education
1988 - 1991
PhD (Enzyme Chemistry), University of Cambridge Chemistry, Department of Chemistry
1985 - 1988
BA (Hons) Natural Sciences First Class, University of Cambridge (Fitzwilliam College)
Professional History
2010 -
Senior Group Leader at the CRUK Cambridge Institute
2008 -
Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Cambridge
2007 - 2008
Professor of Chemical Biology at University of Cambridge
2003 - 2007
University Reader in Chemical Biology at University of Cambridge
1998 - 2003
University Lecturer at University of Cambridge
1994 -
Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge
1994 - 1998
Royal Society University Research Fellow at University of Cambridge
1991 - 1993
SERC/NATO Research Fellow at Pennsylvannia State University USA
Awards
2017
ABRF Award for Outstanding Contribution to Biomolecular Technologies
Knight Batchelor
2016
Honorary Doctorate University of Glasgow
2015
Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Medal
2014
Honorary Doctorate University of Liverpool
Biochemical Society Heatley Medal and Prize
2013
Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic and Biomedicinal Chemistry
2012
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
Elected member of EMBO
2011
Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
2010
BBSRC Innovator of the Year
BBSRC Commercial Innovator of the Year
2009
Royal Society Mullard Award
2006 - 2007
The Howard Lectureship (Sydney Chemical Society Australia)
2004
BBSRC Senior Research Fellowship
2002
Corday-Morgan Medal and Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry
1998
Vernalis Fellowship
Glaxo-Wellcome Award for Innovative Organic Chemistry
1994
Royal Society University Research Fellowship
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